snaggy

English

Etymology

snag +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snæɡi/

Adjective

snaggy (comparative snaggier, superlative snaggiest)

1. Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections.
2. (UK, dialect, archaic) Bad-tempered; crotchety.
   • 1889, English Dialect Society, Publications, numbers 59-64, page 501:

     I couldn't live wi' a snaggy man like him if I was paaid^[sic] for it.

References

• (crotchety): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary